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31 word matches found for '命' using reading 'いのち'
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noun
1. life; life force  (see also: 生命; sometimes written as 生命)
2. lifetime; lifespan
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1. risking one's life  (see also: 命をかける)
2. life and death; risky; desperate
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narrow escape from death
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begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
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fatal; deadly; mortal
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Most common form: 命辛辛
for dear life; barely escaping alive
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noun
lifeline
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
to be a matter of life or death
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
to put one's life on the line  (see also: 命を張る)
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
to put one's life on the line
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expression, 'su' godan verb
to lose one's life
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expression, ichidan verb
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
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Most common form: 命を繋ぐ
expression, 'gu' godan verb
to survive; to continue living; to escape death  (see also: 生き続ける)
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1. recklessness; daredevilry; rashness
2. long-lasting  (archaic)
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expression
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening  (see also: 別状)
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expression, noun
casting off the drudgery of everyday life and doing as one pleases; kicking back
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expression, ichidan verb
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
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expression, noun
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
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noun
life as evanescent as the dew
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noun
this transient life
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expression, 'tsu' godan verb
to preserve life
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expression, ichidan verb
to shorten one's life
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noun
the thread of life
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expression, 'mu' godan verb
to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die
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expression
to live long is to outlive much; the longer you live, the more shame you suffer  (proverb)
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expression
While there's life, there's hope  (idiomatic expression)
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expression, ichidan verb
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
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providential protection
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expression
if you value your life
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expression, noun
precious life
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